Great Neck Rotary Club Summer Concert

The Rotary Club of Great Neck threw a concert this summer which spotlighted 2 of Long Island's best singers.

What Does it Take to be a Good Housewife?

Who said there’s something wrong with watching TV? I’ll admit it, I watch a couple of series- not too much television, but a good amount late at night. What are my favorite channels and shows you may ask? Well, CNN’s on almost all of the time; then there’s Sleuth for my Law and Order SVU cases, but ahhh…..last but not least BRAVO! BRAVO is my guilty pleasure. When the Real Housewives of New Jersey comes on, I’m glued to my TV with a hiss of comments, laughter and claps.


The Real Housewives of New Jersey


These women portray the perfect lives of housewives- big houses, big money, and big bubbies. Do they represent the epitome of a Jersey housewife? These women live such a high life; they’re able to give their kids everything they want yet ironically be such horrible examples for their children. Within that little circle of Jersey housewives- there lies backstabbing, gossip, secret sex/drug lives and plastic surgery. All the recipes needed for a disastrous housewife …but a great show.

Unfaithfully Yours

"To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part."

The traditional marriage vows that are said before a pastor at a ceremony to celebrate a couple’s love are no longer embraced nor taken seriously anymore. Why? Because men cheat; or at least that’s what I’m writing about today.

Why do men cheat? It’s the age-old question, and perhaps Sex and the City’s Kim Cantrall can explain it, “ Men cheat for the same reason dogs lick their balls…because they can.”

Gov. Sanford and the rest of the politicians

In the news, South Carolina’s governor, Sanford was (and is still) getting heat for using taxpayer money to fly off to Argentina to spend time with his lover. While his family, the wife and kids were at their home in South Carolina, Sanford disappeared for 5 days to attend to his affair. The affair had been going on for a while, and Sanford’s wife never knew. To Sanford’s defense, he said he fell in love with the Argentinean woman; they had a real connection. Whatever the case may be, he never acknowledged the wife; yet Sanford’s wife stood by him throughout it all. She said she wanted to make it work even after the affair came out.

I can name a few more men in politics who have taken advantage of their marriage- John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton and even one of my favorites, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Their wives were the backbones of their presidencies- supporting their commitments and showing up to conferences on their behalves, but the wives did not receive the gratitude of love and sincerity from their husbands. ( Let’s just hope Obama doesn’t follow in those footsteps.)

What angers me most is that the women get the blame for their betrothed’s infidelity.





Jon and Kate Plus 8

Take the case, Jon and Kate plus 8. This reality series has gotten much fame and fortune throughout the seasons. The couple has 8 children- twins and sextuplets; every day is a struggle- to get these kids fed, to get them ready for school and to simply discipline them. As a mother of 8, you have to be aware of everything, from what they have for snacks to the clothes they wear. However many viewers and the media have insinuated Kate as a crazy, bossy wife who emasculates her husband, Jon. My response, “ Give her a break!”

Jon is now engaged to a 23 year old and is seen running around with her in various places, while Kate’s been seen running after her kids. Kate is still trying to make the show work since her income comes from the TV series, and Jon is ready to leave.
Kate’s getting all the bad rep, while Jon’s marrying a 23 year old. Now that’s not fair.

His Version

It’s been said that men cheat simply for one reason- lack of attention: women don’t adore their spouses enough. I see that to be true, but we’re not living in a time of barbarians when men come back from a good hunt and women praise them with love and affection. We’re beyond that; In this time and age, we have bills to pay and cars to drive. Women now are working and mothering as well. They don’t have time to adore another person in the home- let alone someone who’s in their 30’s or older.


Once a Cheater, always a Cheater?

Ahh….I guess we’ll never know until you try him out.

TWITTER

I haven’t blogged in so long, and with all this new social media- from twitter to facebook, I’ve been caught up in the mix of which media to utilize. I’ve missed blogging though; I’ve felt very incomplete without it.

Well, I’ll let you in on my new discovery of tweets. I’ve been tweeting, and I never knew why people were so captivated by twitter. I’ve always thought twitter was for those who were fortunate enough to have an entourage following their every move. Celebrities are on twitter- and they have so many followers and fans commenting on their tweets- looking at their pics and such. Well, to my dismay, twitter is causing much more than a huge celebrity fan page.

Powerful Innovation or Silly Conversations?


You may ask, “ How are Ashton Kutcher’s tweets about his wife Demi in a bikini- or one of his parties going to change the world?” Well… his tweets on those matters may not change the world, but let me tell you, THE WHOLE WORLD IS SURELY READING.


People tweet about “ what they’re doing”…and others can comment, read and be inspired by it. Many of the tweets are timely political events. For example, when the Iranian protests were occurring, there was no broadcast of the revolution on Iranian television; however, there were so many tweets about the revolution from protesters inside Iran. The tweets were then disclosed to the international community, and people were able to get information out of these tweets.


So Simple

Tweeting’s so simple, and it makes the world seem so much closer. My favorite celebrities, Anderson Cooper and Oprah are on twitter, and I probably comment to Coops almost every day; I feel satisfied knowing that maybe he’s read my tweet to him (whether he does or not, we’ll never know, but I try to stay connected).


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